IR 05000528/2011404

IR 05000528-11-404, 05000529-11-404 and 05000530-11-404, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Final Significance Determination for a Security Related Greater than Green Finding and Notice of Violation

ML12128A231
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	05/07/2012
From:	Collins E Region 4 Administrator
To:	Edington R Arizona Public Service Co
References
EA-11-256 IR-11-404
Download: ML12128A231 (3)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMM I SSION

REGION IV

1600 EAST LAMAR BLVD ARLINorON, TEXAS 76011 * 4511 May 7, 2012 EA-11-256 Randall K. Edington, Executive Vice President. Nuclear/eND Arizona Public Servlce Company P.O. Box 52034, Mail Slop 7602 Phoemx. AZ 85072-2034 SUBJECT. PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION. UNITS " 2. AND 3-FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION FOR A SECUR ITY-RELATED GREATER THAN GREEN FINDING AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION.

NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000528/2011404. 05000529/2011404 AND 05000530/2011404

Dear Mr. Edington:

This letter provides you the final results of our significance determination of the preliminary Greater than Green finding identified in our previous communication, dated February 21,2012, which included the subject Inspection report This Greater than Green finding was discussed in detail In Sechan 3 0 of the subject inspection report A Regulatory Conference was held on April 4. 2012, to further discuss your views on this issue .

During the meeting, your staff described your assessment of the significance of the finding, the rool causes for the finding, and associated corrective actions taken The NRC recognizes that you considered this evenl as significant and conducted a thorough root-cause evaluation and extent of condition review.

After considering the information developed during the inspecllOn and the information you provided at the conference. the NRC has concluded that the Inspection finding is appropriately characterized as Greater than Green. an Issue that may require additional NRC inspections.

You have 30 calendar days from the date of this letter to appeal the staff's determination of significance for the identified Greater than Green finding. Such appeals will be conSidered to have merit only if they meet the criteria given in NRC Inspection Manual Chapte r 0609, Attachment 2. An appeal must be sent in writing to the Regional Administrator, Region IV, 1600 East Lamar Blvd., Arlington. TX 76011-4511

" Enclosure transmitted herewith contains SUNS!. When separated from enclosure, this trans mittal document is decontrolled." SECURITY*RELATED INFORMATION The NRC has also determined thaI the condition discussed is a violation of 10 CFR 73.21(a)(O, as cited in the attached Notice of Violation (Notice). The circumstances surrounding the violation are described in detail in the subject inspection report. In accordance with the NRC's Enforcement Policy, the Notice is considered escalated enforcement action because it is associated with a Greater than Green finding Because plant performance for this issue has been determ ined to be beyond the licensee response band, we will use the NRC Action M atrix to determine the most appropriate NRC response for this event We will notify you, by separate correspondence, of that determination, In accordance with 10 CFR 2 .390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this leiter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access Management System (ADA MS) . ADAMS IS accessible from the NRC Web site at wwwnrcgov/readmg-nn/adams html. However. the material enclosed herewith contains Security-Related Information in accordance With 10 CFR 2390(d)(1}, and its disclosure to unauthorized individuals could present a security vulnerability . Therefore, the material in the enclosure will not be made available electronicall y for public inspect ion in the NRC Public Document Room or from ADAMS. If Security-Related Information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please follow the instructions for withholding in 10 CFR 2.390(b)(1) .

In accordance with 10 CFR 2 390(b)(1)(il), the NRC is waiving the affidavit requirements for your response. You may contact Michael C Hay of my staff at 817 -200-1527 with any questions.

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Dockets: 50-528; 50-529; 50-530 licenses : NPF-41 ; NPF -51; NPF-74 Nonpublic Enclosures:

1, Notice of Violation 2. NRC Evaluations and Conclusions REdington -3-cc w/enclosures '

Mr Randal! Bramlett Department Leader, Nuclear Security Programs Arizona Public Service Co POBox 52034 , MS 7002 Phoenix, AZ 85072-2034 cc w/o enclosures Electronic DistributIon